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Overshadowed Theatrical Productions is Now Presenting BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
by BWW News Desk - July 13, 2022
Overshadowed Theatrical Productions brings Disney's Beauty and the Beast to the stage. The musical entertains with all of your favorite numbers like Be Our Guest, Beauty and the Beast, and Belle; the music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice. Linda Woolverton's book brings the magic of the classic animated feature to the stage.
See Chicago Dance Announces 2022 Community Celebration Information and Award Recipients
by BWW News Desk - July 13, 2022
See Chicago Dance, the dance industry's nonprofit service organization, is proud to announce its 2022 Community Celebration and award presentation, Tuesday, Oct. 11 from 5:30 - 8 p.m. at Venue West, 221 N. Paulina. The event co-chairs are 3Arts’s Executive Director Esther Grisham Grimm and Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project’s Strategic Program Director Princess Mhoon.
Otherworld Theatre Company Released 'Meow' Details And 'Cat-sting' for KITTIES IN SPACE: THE SAGA
by Grace Cutler - July 12, 2022
Otherworld Theatre Company, the premier sci-fi and fantasy theatrical production company in North America, announced meow details and cat-sting for KITTIES IN SPACE: THE SAGA, opening August 5 and running through September 4, 2022.
CAIC's Reveals Details Of The 2022 Collaborative Works Festival
by Grace Cutler - July 12, 2022
CAIC’s 2022 Collaborative Works Festival, The Song of Chicago, will explore Chicago’s rich musical history through song. CHICAGO: Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago’s 11th annual Collaborative Works Festival will explore Chicago’s rich musical history through song.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Announces 2022/23 Season Featuring World Premieres & More
by BWW News Desk - July 12, 2022
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago has announced the company’s 45th anniversary ‘sapphire’ season: a dynamic mix of world premieres and revivals of company and audience favorites.
Cast Announced for Chicago Premiere of GIRLFRIEND at Pride Arts Center
by BWW News Desk - July 12, 2022
Casting has been announced for PrideArts season opening production - the Chicago premiere of the musical GIRLFRIEND, by Todd Almond and Matthew Sweet, based on Sweet’s album of the same name. GIRLFRIEND will open to the press on Monday, August 29, 2022, following previews from August 25-28, and will play through September 25th.
Comedian Sam Jay to Perform at The Den Theatre in September
by BWW News Desk - July 12, 2022
The Den Theatre has announced comedian Sam Jay, performing four stand-up shows September 23 – 24, 2022 on The Heath Mainstage.
A Theater In The Dark Announces 2022-23 Season Featuring Three Original Streaming Audio Plays
by BWW News Desk - July 11, 2022
A Theater In The Dark announced it will open its 2022-23 season with the release of a new original audio play, the detective comedy A MATTER OF RED HERRINGS. Filled to the fedora’s brim with noir archetypes, the show chronicles the misadventures of a pair of detectives trying to hunt down a priceless artifact in 1920s Chicago.
Cast Announced for THE MAMALOGUES By Lisa B. Thompson at Fleetwood – Jourdain Theatre
by BWW News Desk - July 11, 2022
Evanston’s Fleetwood – Jourdain Theatre will present Lisa B. Thompson’s THE MAMALOGUES – an evening of monologues about the experience of parenting while Black, unmarried, and middle class in the age of anxiety – from July 23 to August 7, 2022.
Kate Baldwin and Heidi Kettenring to be Featured in the SIDDONS AT SEVENTY SOIREE This Month
by BWW News Desk - July 11, 2022
The Sarah Siddons Society is celebrating its seventieth anniversary with the Siddons at Seventy Soirée, featuring special performances by past award honorees Kate Baldwin and Heidi Kettenring on Monday, July 25, 2022 at Davenport’s.
Story Jam & Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre Will Collaborate at Artifact Events
by BWW News Desk - July 11, 2022
Story Jam's next storytelling show-in a series of monthly shows at Artifact Events-will take place on Wednesday, July 27th at 7:30 PM at 4325 N. Ravenswood Avenue in Chicago. 'Living Truth: True Stories' is a storytelling collaboration with musicians and dancers from Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre.
First Two Theater Companies Are Certified By On Our Team's Pay Equity Standards
by BWW News Desk - July 11, 2022
2nd Story and Collaboraction are the first two organizations to gain certification from On Our Team's Pay Equity Standards. 
Chicago Shakespeare Theater announces Extension Of World Premiere Production IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE
by Grace Cutler - July 09, 2022
Extended by popular demand through July 31, 2022!
Porchlight Music Theatre Announces The Final Performance in Its 27th Season - New Faces Sing Broadway 1971.
by Grace Cutler - July 09, 2022
Porchlight Music Theatre is proud to announce the final performances of the sixth season of the popular New Faces Sing Broadway series and the conclusion of its 27th season with New Faces Sing Broadway 1971.
Refracted Theatre Company Announces Refraction Lab 2022 Cohort
by Grace Cutler - July 08, 2022
Refracted Theatre Company has announced the cohort chosen for its 2022 RefrAction Lab, an eight-month playwriting lab for emerging Chicago playwrights.
Photos: First Look at American Blues Theater's FENCES
by BWW News Desk - July 08, 2022
American Blues Theater, under the continued leadership of Artistic Director Gwendolyn Whiteside, presents August Wilson’s Fences, directed by Monty Cole. Check out photos here!
THE UNAUTHORIZED PETER JOHNSON PARODY! Comes to Chicago This Month
by BWW News Desk - July 08, 2022
Back and better than ever: the reimagined, and unauthorized, 'Peter Johnson' Parody splashes back onto the stage after a stellar online debut. 'Perseus' has recently arrived at 'CAMP!', after discovering that his father is one of the Greek gods- not just any Greek god either.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Announces 45 Anniversary Season Featuring REFRACTION Program Debut & More
by BWW News Desk - July 07, 2022
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago has announced the company’s 45th anniversary ‘sapphire’ season: a dynamic mix of world premieres and revivals of company and audience favorites. The 2022/23 Season 45: Sapphire Season begins with HSDC’s fall series Refraction at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance.
Raue Center For The Arts to Present Tina Naponelli in TAPESTRY UNRAVELED: THE MUSIC OF CAROLE KING This Month
by BWW News Desk - July 07, 2022
Raue Center For The Arts has announced a unique and unforgettable tribute experience at its second annual Arts On The Green at St. Mary’s! Don’t miss great entertainment in the great outdoors with Tina Naponelli in “Tapestry Unraveled: The Music of Carole King” at 7 p.m. on Saturday,  Jul 16, 2022.
Full Cast & Creative Team Announced For THE WILD PARTY At Blank Theatre Company
by BWW News Desk - July 07, 2022
Blank Theatre Company has announced the cast and creative team for the final show of their 2022 season, 'The Wild Party'. 'The Wild Party' with book, music, lyrics by Andrew Lippa.
Cast Of Amazon Prime Video's PAPER GIRLS To Join Fan Expo Chicago's Star-Studded Line-Up
by BWW News Desk - July 07, 2022
Three short weeks before Paper Girls takes Amazon Prime Video by storm, the four teenage leads, Riley Lai Nelet (Erin Tieng), Camryn Jones (Tiffany Quilkin), Sofia Rosinsky (Mac Coyle) and Fina Strazza (KJ Brandman), will make their FAN EXPO debuts, announced FAN EXPO Chicago.
Raue Center For The Arts Announces TAPESTRY UNRAVELED: THE MUSIC OF CAROLE KING This Month
by Grace Cutler - July 07, 2022
Raue Center For The Arts has announced a unique and unforgettable tribute experience at its second annual Arts On The Green at St. Mary’s! Don’t miss great entertainment in the great outdoors with Tina Naponilli in “Tapestry Unraveled: The Music of Carole King” at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jul 16, 2022
The Peppermint Patties Return To Chicago With Summer Show at the Venus Cabaret Theater
by BWW News Desk - July 07, 2022
The Peppermint Patties return to Chicago with a lineup of classic close harmony arrangements including reimagined Andrews Sisters covers, jazz standards, retro hits, acapella numbers, musical theater favorites and more.
Karen Mason to Bring KANDER & EBB… & ALL THAT JAZZ! to Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in September
by BWW News Desk - July 06, 2022
Join Broadway and Cabaret singing star Karen Mason as she celebrates some of her favorite music at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre with KANDER & EBB… & ALL THAT JAZZ! September 9, 2022.
The Joffrey Ballet Concert Group Announces Creative Movers Choreographic Initiative
by BWW News Desk - July 06, 2022
The Joffrey Ballet Concert Group has announced an exciting new program: the Creative Movers Choreographic Initiative, a search for the dance makers of the future. Two New York and Tristate-area choreographers will be awarded the creative time and space to produce a new work for the Joffrey Ballet Concert Group.

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